WHY NEEM AND TURMERIC ARE SO IMPORTANT? A REVIEW Authors: Gurkha R , GIRI RP*, PATEL V, PANDYA T AND PATEL V
ABSTRACT
Neem and turmeric are native to India but now it distributed to other continents of the world.
Neem and turmeric is member of Meliaceae and zingiberaceae family. Both are wealthy
source of antioxidant. Every part of the neem and turmeric has been used as traditional
medicine for household against various diseases. The importance of traditional medicine and
medicinal plant in most developing countries as a normative basis for maintenance of good
health has been widely observed. Most of people commonly used neem and turmeric as an
antibiotic. Moreover they are believed to be secure and have fewer side effects than synthetic
drugs. Neem and turmeric constituent have been demonstrated to indicate anti-inflammatory,
antifungal, antioxidant, antiviral, antibacterial anti-malarial, antiulcer properties. Current
study is to review the importance of Neem and Haldi as a medicine.
Keywords: Herbal Medicine, Medicinal plant, Antibiotic properties, Azadirachtaindica,
Curcumalonga Publication date: 01/09/2020 https://ijbpas.com/pdf/2020/September/MS_IJBPAS_2020_5166.pdfDownload PDFhttps://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2020/9.9.5166
